Morning Report

A large asteroid named 2000 EM26 came within one point six million miles of the earth overnight. Morning Report speaks to Tariq Malik, the editor of the US website Space.com. Audio

The Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke will be teeming with actors, cameras and gaffer tape for the next month as filming for a new action comedy gets underway today. The Z Nail Gang is about a community… Read more Audio

Australian Federal Police have raided four Channel Seven offices looking for evidence the television network paid Schapelle Corby for an interview. The convicted drug smuggler, Corby, was released… Read more Audio

A Maori rights movement in Australia could scupper plans for a new political party representing expatriate New Zealanders; Canterbury has recorded big spikes in its Maori population; Te Kura Kaupapa… Read more Audio

The Black Caps' coach Mike Hesson speaks with Morning Report. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

New figures show there's a woman drought in Christchurch. The number of women aged from 15 to 29 living in the city has dropped by more than 13-hundred since 2006. Audio

The country's largest gold mine at Macraes in East Otago says it has had to cut back to survive but is still a long way from closure. Audio

Advocates for the elderly in Christchurch say the government needs to be doing more to help repair the quake-damaged home of the city's senior citizens. They says the three years wait since the quake… Read more Audio

Creditors who have not been paid in relation to work at the Dotcom mansion at Coastville north of Auckland are starting to pile up. Morning Report speaks with Donna Richmond from Auckland Inground… Read more Audio

A health trial to educate mainly Pasifika children at west Auckland schools about the dangers of sugar is claiming success at getting them to cut back on fizzy drinks. But parents, students and… Read more Audio